Your Local Place to Fly

Club No.

2491

South Coast helicopter Club is all about bringing people together, and their RC model helicopters, multirotors, and small fixed wing aircraft.

We’re a friendly bunch of enthusiasts who share the same interest, building, maintaining, and flying RC models. Our club’s members fly pod & boom, scale, multirotor, and small planes at all skill levels. We are certainly not all expert flyers; we have members who are mastering the hover right through to those accomplished scale and 3D aviators. Club members are always happy to share their experiences and knowledge and especially with newcomers to the hobby.

Our club is run on the basis that it does not make a profit from the members, we give honest unbiased advice on what to buy, free help with helicopter set ups, free advice on understanding your radio, and of course, lots of free help and encouragement with learning to fly.South Coast helicopter Club is all about bringing people together, and their RC model helicopters, multirotors, and small fixed wing aircraft.

Special, 2025 memebership for only £50

The club has a forum board system for members so they can keep in touch with each other, if you need help and advice, or get stuck with something technical, just post it on the forum. Other members will be on hand to answer any questions you might have.

The club has been affiliated to the BMFA (British Model Flying Association). All members must have CAA registration and public liability insurance. BMFA insurance can be arranged through the club during membership sign up, or direct from the BMFA here - Join Us - British Model Flying Association . CAA registration can also be done here - Overview : Flying drones and model aircraft | UK Civil Aviation Authority

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The club was formed in 1983 by 6 people whose common interest was building and flying radio controlled model helicopters.

It was apparent that there were a lot of people in the area with an interest in model helicopters so the decision to form the club was taken with a view to combining knowledge and experience, and to help each other reach higher standards. The technology involved in the early models made them both expensive and difficult to fly, some were not equipped with gyros while those that were used mechanical spinning gyroscopes to assist directional stability. Advances in electronics and manufacturing techniques have helped bring down costs whilst hugely improving performance leading to a hobby anyone can enjoy.

The club originally flew at Baiter Park in Poole, then moved to Hamworthy, and later to Lytchett Maltravers until a noise issue forced another move to take place. Flying fields at Broom Hill and Morden were found and with the exception of a short time away the Pilford Farm fields at Broom Hill remain the club’s primary flying site. We will not be flying from the Morden site for the foreseeable future.

Our club members fly a very wide selection of helicopters, from the smallest electric models, 2 stroke and 4 stroke glow engines, large electric models, petrol 2 stroke models, and gas turbine models providing the awesome sights, smells, and sounds of jet aviation. We also encourage the flying of multirotor aircraft (drones) and small fixed wing aircraft (hand launch only as we don’t yet have a runway facility). Our helicopters are a mix of pod & boom and scale, fly barred and fly barless.

Please feel free to come along and visit us if you’re interested. You may want to just watch the flying, or enquire about our membership details after meeting us. We do allow a limited number of guest flights if your serious about becoming a member but third-party insurance, CAA registration, and safe flying are of course, are mandatory.

For further enquiries please contact -

Lee Knowles on - 07966 570 517 or leeknowleslkec@gmail.com

Paul Mead on - 07840 528 933 or paul.mead@btinternet.com

Tim Brown - 07944 808 416 or predator3@ntlworld.com

After a short time away we have been able to negotiate a return to our Broom Hill, Pilford Farm flying fields, with the primary field being our Helifest Show field! In celebration of our return we are offering half price memebership to current and new members with no joining fee. We’re all very excited to be returning, and especially having access to the Helifest field. Perhaps The Southern Helifest will return at some time in the future. Rememeber, Special 2025 memebership for only £50

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Main Field

Alternative Fields

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Our primary flying time is on Sunday with future additional days/evenings being considered. This is of course weather dependant.

We will normally arrive just before 10:00 for a 10am start.

Flying can, and sometimes does, carry on till dusk.

Take the Uddens Drive left turn from the A31 Eastbound carrigway.

After an approximate 0.44 Mile drive through the woods turn left at the Oak tree on the traffic island. You will now be on Pilford Lane.

Carry on for 0.37 miles and the main field entrance gate will be on the left.

For the alternative fields carry on for a further 0.3 Miles, and the entrance gate to a small track will be on the right, opposite the Pilford Farm yard track. Proceed through this gate closing it behind you. There are 3 possible fields along this track.